Zion Canyon contested with Yosemite for scenic glory
National debate over Zion National Park measures places Zion against Yosemite in beauty contests. Zion, about 76,800 acres in southern Utah, gains status from Munuintuweap Monument. advocates cite dramatic walls, color, and features akin to Yosemite, while supporters note Yosemite’s larger size and established fame.
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Utah
Zion
Yosemite
Zion National Park
Yosemite Valley
Zion Canon
Yellowstone National Park
Wyoming
Montana
Idaho
California
Salt Lake City
Lund
Salt Lake
Taft
Zion ‘Canon
Virgin River
Yosemite National Park
Zion's
Grand Canton
Arizona
Indiana
Land of God
John Wesley Powell
Grand Canon Fame
Vvuga
Mukkintiweap
DeNenbaugh
Powell
Dutton
Po ‘Parison
Pessimistic Place Names From a Sussex Kent Border
A Montreal Herald item notes a Canadian soldier in England comments on English placenames showing pessimism and odd humor. It cites Bad End and a string of grim local names such as Cackle Street Darwell Hole Old Hole Bugshil Poppinghole Frog Hole Pigstrood Platnix Kitchenhour Grandturrel Little Nineveh Tubslake Brownbread Street within a day’s march along the Sussex Kent border. The piece contrasts cheeriness with stark negative appellations and mentions a recent hanging.
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England
Mount Pleasants
Darwell Hole
Sussex-Kent
Montreal Herald
Right and Riches in a Witty Exchange
A humorous dialogue showcases a couple trading quips about marriage and money. Philip jokes that the spouse married for wealth, while the partner retorts that the money was earned through domestic partnership and wit.
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Philip
Red Trousers of French Infantry Finally Stopped
The article outlines how Napoleon started the red trousers to support madder cultivation, but the Graebe Liebermann discovery of alizarine dyes later ended domestic production. Between 1870 and 1878 madder root declined from 25,000 to 5,300 tons, forcing France to import dyes from Germany and marking a symbolic German victory in a long economic struggle.
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Napoleon
Graebe-Liebermann
France
Germany
A Salutary Lesson and Inventor’s Durable Lace
The prominent citizen recalls a 7000 foot flight that gave him perspective on his worth. A French inventor creates artificial lace from cellulose noted as more durable than the genuine article.
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Ab Dickinson
Shermar
Jack Lalt
Railroad Administration
Mother Nature
God Almighty
Eartha
Rio Virgin
Bridge Mountain
el Gobernador
Sinawava
the of Zion
G. K. Gilbert
United States Geological Survey
Canon Walla
Painted Desert
Desert
Zio
West Temple
Gobernador
Lane
Interior Department
Wylie Camp
Taen
Lehges
Ckage Now
Teo
Sfteen
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